As a leading girls’ school in Australia, St Catherine’s is committed to nurturing and empowering independent and globally responsive young women, enabling them to approach all their endeavours with confidence, wisdom and integrity. – St Catherine’s School Charter

As a School community, we help students find their sense of purpose in the world through an environment that integrates critical awareness, a social conscience and quality relationships. We inspire our students to not only own their learning but also understand and appreciate their own unique capacities and the world around them.

Boarding at St Catherine’s School provides our girls with a safe and comfortable living environment. They have the opportunity to make friends with girls from across Australia and around the world. Boarders are provided the freedom to socialise with friends and to explore Melbourne on organised weekend activities, as well as the opportunity to develop positive study habits and importantly, to have a lot of fun!

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Early Learning Centre – Campbell House: The Ilhan Family Centre

Sophie Mirabella

Sophie Mirabella

B.Comm LLB (Melb) LLM (Melb)

Sophie Mirabella (Panopoulos ’86) was born in 1968 to Greek migrant parents and learnt the value of hard work and entrepreneurial spirit by working after school and on weekends in the family milk bar from the age of 12.

Sophie Mirabella (Panopoulos ’86) was born in 1968 to Greek migrant parents and learnt the value of hard work and entrepreneurial spirit by working after school and on weekends in the family milk bar from the age of 12.

After School, she studied Law and Commerce at the University of Melbourne and worked as a solicitor and then barrister.

Sophie was a leading spokesperson against the push for an Australian republic as an elected delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention in February 1998. In 2001, she was elected the Federal Member for Indi, a large and diverse electorate centred around Wangaratta.

Sophie married Greg Mirabella in June 2006, and the couple have two daughters, Alexandra and Katerina.

In 2008 Sophie was appointed Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth and in 2009 was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science.

After losing the seat of Indi in the 2013 Federal Election, Sophie was appointed a Public Policy Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a Director of the Australian Submarine Corporation before deciding to re-contest the seat of Indi at the 2016 election.